[bestbits] CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2016 ANNENBERG-OXFORD MEDIA POLICY SUMMER INSTITUTE

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2016 ANNENBERG-OXFORD MEDIA POLICY SUMMER INSTITUTE

The Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Pennsylvania and the  Programme for Comparative
Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford (PCMLP) are pleased to invite
applications to the 18th annual Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer
Institute, to be held from Monday, June 27 to Friday, July 8, 2016 at the
University of Oxford.

For seventeen years, the Institute has brought together top early career
communications scholars, media lawyers and regulators, internet governance
experts, and freedom of expression and human rights activists from countries
around the world to discuss the effects of technology and policy from a global
and multidisciplinary perspective. The Summer Institute provides participants
with an intensive two week interdisciplinary curriculum that combines expert
instruction from media policymakers and scholars with hands-on activities such
as stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, group case studies, and participant
presentations.

The 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute seeks applicants whose research or
work is related to the relationship between international media laws and
national jurisdictions, online censorship and surveillance, the role of the
media in political change and conflict, strategic communications and
propaganda, online extremism and social media, and global internet governance
processes. Applications are welcomed from students studying communications,
sociology, political science, international relations, area studies,
anthropology, information studies, and  related disciplines. Practitioners
working in media, law, policy, regulation, and technology are also encouraged
to apply.

Preparing, motivating, and supporting students and practitioners who aspire to
pursue a career in media policy, the Annenberg-Oxford Institute endeavors to
broaden and expand the pool of talented young scholars engaged in media
studies and to connect these individuals to elite scholars and practitioners
from around the world. The Institute's alumni are a vibrant group who continue
to engage in the program, collaborate through network ties, and have become
leaders at the top national and international nonprofits, advocacy
organizations, government agencies, corporations, and academic institutions.
Recent past Institutes have included participants from India, Kenya, Brazil,
the Philippines, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, China, Italy, Israel, Colombia,
Iran, Myanmar, South Sudan, and Nigeria.

The application for the 2016 Summer Institute is now open and can be found
here (http://bit.ly/1RpQ5ib). The deadline for all applications is Monday
April 4, 2016 at 5:00 PM EST. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
before the deadline, so please submit as soon as possible. Several partial
scholarships are available to top applicants. For more information about the
program and the application, please see our FAQ page (http://bit.ly/22JluS3).